Please help me out decide on my application opportunities!

[arash3625]

Dear All,

I like to know your evaluation of my profile please. I really appreciate the time you spend reading this and replying.

I like to pursue my studies in finance, to be more exact, I am going to apply for fall 2013 for PhD in finance for US and Canada B schools. Please let me know whether or not I have any chance.

My profile -

I am a 29 year old Iranian male applicant.

GMAT- 660 (81%) (Quant 49(83%) Verbal 32(64%))

MBA - From Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran.

GPA- 3.8 (Rank 1 among all the students of the field since establishment of MBA in Shahrood)

B.sc.: Electrical Engineering- From Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

UGPA: 2.7

I have 11 articles published under the topics of finance, 6 of which are journal articles and the remaining include conference articles.

I am a reviewer for a couple of journals in the field and I am currently publishing a book chapter in portfolio optimization.

I have worked as RA, TA and lecturer at University. No other work experience available, unfortunately.